EDITOR
Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Emeritus Editors
G. Alexander Patterson, MD, Editor 2015-2021
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, MD, Editor 2000-2015
Thomas B. Ferguson*, MD, Editor 1984-2000
Herbert Sloan*, MD, Editor 1969-1984
John D. Steele*, MD, Editor 1964-1969
*Deceased
Senior Editors
Adult Cardiac
Pedro Catarino, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Tirone E. David, MD
Toronto, Canada
G. Chad Hughes, MD
Durham, NC
Nahush A. Mokadam, MD
Columbus, OH
Sigrid Sandner, MD
Vienna, Austria
Vinod Thourani, MD
Atlanta, GA
Congenital Heart
Yves d’Udekem, MD
Washington, DC
Danielle Gottlieb-Sen, MD
Baltimore, MD
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
Gainesville, FL
David M. Overman, MD
Minneapolis, MN
Jennifer C. Romano, MD
Ann Arbor, MI
General Thoracic
Elizabeth A. David, MD, MAS
Aurora, CO
Farhood Farjah, MD
Seattle, WA
Benjamin D. Kozower, MD
St. Louis, MO
Brian Mitzman, MD
Salt Lake City, UT
Erino A. Rendina, MD
Rome, Italy
Valerie W. Rusch, MD
New York, NY
Biostatistics
Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD
New York, NY
CME
Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS
Gainesville, FL
Digital Media and Digital Scholarship
Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS
Salt Lake City, UT
Education
Mara B. Antonoff, MD
Houston, TX
Perioperative
Daniel Engelman, MD
Springfield, MA
Public Policy
Keith A. Horvath, MD
Washington, DC
Quality
Michael E. Bowdish, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Science
Elaine Tseng, MD
San Francisco, CA
Associate Editors
Adult Cardiac
Vincent Chan, MD, MPH
Ottawa, Canada
Amy G. Fiedler, MD
San Francisco, CA
Isaac George, MD
New York, NY
Shawn S. Groth, MD
Houston, TX
John Ikonomidis, MD
Chapel Hill, NC
Marjan Jahangiri, MD
London, United Kingdom
Ourania Preventza, MD
Houston, TX
Scott C. Silvestry, MD
Orlando, FL
Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD
Toronto, Canada
Congenital Heart
Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc
Houston, TX
Meena Nathan, MD, MPH
Boston, MA
General Thoracic
Kathryn E. Engelhardt, MD, MS
Charleston, SC
Virginia R. Litle, MD
Murray, UT
Global Health
Jacques Kpodonu, MD
Boston, MA
Biostatistics
Natalia N. Egorova, PhD
New York, NY
Stephen Fremes, MD
Toronto, Canada
Andrew B. Goldstone, MD, PhD
New York, NY
Gary Grunkemeier, PhD
Portland, OR
Alexander Iribarne, MD
Lebanon, NH
Paul Kurlansky, MD
New York, NY
Esther Lu, MS, PhD
St. Louis, MO
Asishana A. Osho, MD
Boston, MA
David Ouyang, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Fei Wan, MS, PhD
St. Louis, MO
CME
Jessica S. Donington, MD
Chicago, IL
Stephanie M. Fuller, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Nadia Hensley, MD
Baltimore, MD
Gabriel Loor, MD
Houston, TX
Digital Media and Digital Scholarship
Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc
Ann Arbor, MI
Aleksander Dokollari, MD
Toronto, Canada
Joshua C. Grimm, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD
Vancouver, Canada
Amy N. Roach, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH
Toronto, Canada
Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, MD
Houston, TX
M. Mujeeb Zubair, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Ethics
Robert M. Sade, MD
Charleston, SC
Illustrator
Sarah A. Chen, MD, CMI
Davis, CA
Surgical Heritage
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
Boston, MA
Editorial Board Members
Jake H. Abernathy III, MD, MPH
Baltimore, MD
Niv Ad, MD
Silver Spring, MD
Enoch Akowuah, MD
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD
Louisville, KY
Jehangir J. Appoo, MDCM
Calgary, Canada
Arman Arghami, MD
Rochester, MN
Vinay Badhwar, MD
Morgantown, WV
Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD
Cleveland, OH
Yaron D. Barac, MD, PhD
Petah Tikva, Israel
Alejandro Bribriesco, MD
Cleveland, OH
Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS
Sacramento, CA
Paulo F. Cardoso, MD, PhD
São Paulo, Brazil
Ke-Neng Chen, MD, PhD
Beijing, China
Danny Chu, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Chu, MD, FRCSC
Ontario, Canada
Traves D. Crabtree, MD
Springfield, IL
Todd Crawford, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Marcelo Cypel, MD
Toronto, CA
Chadrick E. Denlinger, MD
Indianapolis, IN
J. Michael DiMaio, MD
Plano, TX
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
St. Louis, MO
Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS
Los Angeles, CA
Anthony L. Estrera, MD
Houston, TX
Felix G. Fernandez, MD
Atlanta, GA
Victor A. Ferraris, MD
Lexington, KY
Kirsten Finucane, MD
Auckland, New Zealand
James S. Gammie, MD
Baltimore, MD
Arnar Geirsson, MD
New Haven, CT
Tracy R. Geoffrion, MD, MPH
Milwaukee, WI
A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Cleveland, OH
Kendra J. Grubb, MD, MHA
Atlanta, GA
Kristine J. Guleserian, MD
Dallas, TX
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
New York, NY
Matthew G. Hartwig, MD
Durham, NC
Makoto Hibino, MD
Cleveland, OH
Tain-Yen Hsia, MD
Orlando, FL
Dawn S. Hui, MD
San Antonio, TX
S. Adil Husain, MD
Salt Lake City, UT
Syed T. Hussain, MD
New York, NY
Tara Karamlou, MD
Cleveland, OH
Masashi Kawabori, MD
Boston, MA
Arman Kilic, MD
Charleston, SC
Anthony W. Kim, MD, FACS
Los Angeles, CA
Peter Kneuertz, MD
Columbus, OH
Michael Lanuti, MD
Boston, MA
Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD
Seattle, WA
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Houston, TX
Peter B. Licht, MD, PhD
Odense, Denmark
Lunxu Liu, MD
Chengdu, China
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD
Washington, DC
Nader Moazami, MD
New York, NY
Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD
Columbus, OH
David L.S. Morales, MD
Cincinnati, OH
Jun Nakajima, MD, PhD
Tokyo, Japan
Katie S. Nason, MD, MPH
Springfield, MA
Olugbenga T. Okusanya, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
Iowa City, IA
Puja Parikh, MD
Stony Brook, NY
Sara K. Pasquali, MD, MHS
Ann Arbor, MI
Gregory Pattakos, MD, MS
Athens, Greece
Keshava Rajagopal, MD
Houston, TX
T. Brett Reece, MD
Aurora, CO
Mark D. Rodefeld, MD
Indianapolis, IN
Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Nashville, TN
Aya Saito, MD
Chiba, Japan
Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
Andrew J. Seely, MD, PhD
Ottawa, Canada
Ashish S. Shah, MD
Nashville, TN
Fawwaz R. Shaw, MD
Atlanta, GA
Christian Shults, MD
Alexandria, VA
Nicholas G. Smedira, MD
Cleveland, OH
Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS
Pittsburgh, PA
Li-Zhong Sun, MD
Beijing, China
Hiroo Takayama, MD
New York, NY
Joanna J.M. Takkenberg, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Betty C. Tong, MD, MHS
Durham, NC
Giulia Veronesi, MD
Milan, Italy
Kerem M. Vural, MD
Ankara, Turkey
Aaron J. Weiss, MD
Cleveland, OH
Benny Weksler, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Wendt, MD, PhD
Essen, Germany
Sai S. Yendamuri, MD
Buffalo, NY
Staff
Editorial Staff, Chicago, IL
Managing Editor
John C. Kerpan, MA
Editorial Manager
Andrea L. Musolf, MBA, MSMOB
Production Manager
Mary K. Jedlicka
Editorial Assistant
Valerie Kunkel
Publisher Staff, New York, NY
Senior Issue Manager
Nicole Scott
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